| 单词 | fascinate |
| 释义 | fascinate (once / 209 pages) v Anything that sparks your interest or makes you wonder has the ability to fascinate. If you catch someone's interest, and then hold it, you fascinate them. Be careful. The word fascinate actually comes from Latin and French words meaning "witchcraft," and although these days fascinate is used under much tamer circumstances, there is some sense in the word that the person's appeal is not quite normal: there might be a spell-like quality to his or her charms. Thus, the word is often used to describe a new love. On the other hand, you might find the study of exotic beetles fascinating. To each his own. WORD FAMILYfascinate: fascinated, fascinates, fascinating, fascination+/fascinated: fascinatedly/fascinating: fascinatingly/fascination: fascinations USAGE EXAMPLESNone of these shortcomings detract from what is a fascinating work of revisited history with all the narrative traction of a good mystery. Washington Post(Dec 29, 2016) No book published this year holds up a more fascinating mirror to these questions than Paul Cartledge’s Democracy: A Life. The Guardian(Dec 30, 2016) Ms Henderson, the conservation manager at the Holkham Estate, said while seeing a dead whale was sad it was also "fascinating". BBC(Dec 29, 2016) 1v attract; cause to be enamored Syn|Hypo|Hyper becharm, beguile, bewitch, captivate, capture, catch, charm, enamor, enamour, enchant, entrance, trance hold hold the attention of workgratify and charm, usually in order to influence appeal, attract be attractive to 2v cause to be interested or curious Syn|Hypo|Hyper intrigue grab, seize capture the attention or imagination of interest, matter to be of importance or consequence 3v render motionless, as with a fixed stare or by arousing terror or awe The snake charmer fascinates the cobra Syn|Hyper grip, spellbind, transfix interest excite the curiosity of; engage the interest of |
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